Improved fastening for garments



J. E. -DALLON.

Garment llamsp.v No. 106,920. PanentedlAug. 30, 1870.

' @dilated tant Letters Patent No. 106,920, dated August 30, 1870.

IMPROVED FASTENING FOR GARMENTS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making peut of the nane.

To. ali whom it Imay concern Be it known that l, JOSEPH EDWARD DAL'ILON, of

Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement ill bastellings for Garments and other Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying draw illg forming part of this specilication, alld in which- Figure 1 represents an inside face view of a fasteny illg constructed ill accordance witll my improvement,

Vshowing the saine closed and as applied to two pieces of fabric or two ends or portions of a garment it is desired to connect;

Figure 2 is all edge view of the saule when open; and

Figure 3, a longitudinal section of said fastening under a closed condition of its parts.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

'lhe fastening` which is the subject of this inven' tion, is generally designedas a substitute for a clasp or buckle, but may be used where a clasp or bllokle would not be convenient or applicable, and the same is not restricted to any particular garment or purpose, as a like combination or arrangement of parts nlay be used under various fornls or modifications and changes of size to suit different garments or purposes. It nlay here, however, incidentally be named that the invention is well adapted to be used a corset or suspender fastening; also, lnay be used as a fastener for boots or shoes, and gloves, likewise as a llarness-fastening.

,The invention consists ill a Hap hinged to a plate or strap that carries the one-half or portion of the fastening, and provided with a bent tongue on its one side or face, in combination with a perforated plate or strap, arranged to forln the other half or portion of the fastening, and through which the bent tongue of the hinged tlap is made to ent-er wllell closing the fastening.

Such improved fastening is not only simple and cheap to produce, but is easily operated alld perfect-ly secure when closed against being accidentally opened, ar pull upon' it, ill lille of the plates or straps which attach,it to the article or garment, serving to increase t-lle security of its hold or lock, and the fastening, when secured, lying close or flat with its locking-tongue out of the way, as regards any objectionable protrnsion of it.

Referring to the accompanying drawing- A represents the flap of the fastening, hinged, as at a, to a plate or strap, B= that may be united by stitching or otherwise to the one end or portion of the fabric, garment, or article it is proposed to apply the fastenill to.

gArranged to project froln the inner side or face of the flap A is a bent tongue., b, which, when the ap is shut down on the plate B, projects through a pel'- foration therein, or it may be over the end of the same, and through any one of a series of perforations, c, in a second plate or strap, B', secured to the other end or portion of the fabric', garment, 'or `article, and the several parts being so constructed and arn ranged that, whell the fastening is closed, the plates1 B B alld flap A all lie close ,orlat, and the bent tongue .il in a snug locking position on the inside of the plate B', and so that its nose-end or portion is directed back-wardly toward the hinge a, and is outf the way, as regards any objectionable protrusion o f it in a crosswise direction of the plates, which, .when the fastening is applied toa garment, is an important consideratioll, as llllder such arrangement there is no danger of the hook or bent tongue sticking into the person ofthe wearer. Y

The bent tongue Il also, when in lock with the plate B through any one of the perforations o, according to the adj llstment required of the fastening, forms a safe and positive lock at its root with the plate B', alld which' is only made yet more secure by any elort to move apart the plates B B' in direction of their length.

To open the fastening; itis only necessary to litt or swing the flap A, as represented ill fig. 2, till its tongue b isdisengaged from its locking perforation c, when the plates B B' are at liberty to be slid apart or be otherwise moved away from each other.

VVhatI clailll, and desire to secure by Lettels P atellt, is

The flap A, hinged to the one plate or strap B, attached to one side or edge of the garment or Jother article it is applied to, and provided with a bent tongue, b, on its inner side or face, ill combination with the perforated plate or strap B', attached to the -other side or edge of said garment or other article,

substantially as specified.

Witnesses:

FRED. HAYNES, HENRY T. BROWN.

JOSEPH E. BALLON. 

